Great stone graves near Groß Flotow
| Great stone graves near Groß Flotow | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 33 '30.5 " N , 12 ° 56' 50.9" E | ||
| place | Penzlin , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The megalithic graves at Groß Flotow were originally several megalithic graves of unknown numbers from the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Groß Flotow , a district of Penzlin in the Mecklenburg Lake District ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). Only one of these still exists today. The remaining facilities were destroyed in the 19th century.
location
The preserved grave is located about 3 km west of Groß Flotow in a forest. The original location of the destroyed graves is not known. The Möllenhagen large stone grave is located about 3 km south-southwest of the preserved facility .
description
The system that has been preserved is the remains of a megalithic bed that originally had a stone enclosure. A large guardian stone is still preserved from this . The type of grave cannot be determined.
All that is known about the destroyed graves is that they also had stone beds. Nothing is known about the condition of the burial chambers.
literature
- Barrows. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 4, 1839, p. 70 ( online ).
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings as well as the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest. Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 1. Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 37.
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 139.
Web links
- KLEKs Online: Großsteingrab Groß Flotow